Perfume sets off events in Fort Worth that put 34 in hospitals
BY BILL MILLER AND ANTHONY SPANGLER

FORT WORTH — A rush of hysteria over what was initially reported as a gas leak likely resulted in 34 people being sent to area hospitals Wednesday afternoon.

But the actual culprit was perfume, brand unknown.

That’s right — perfume.

Lt. Kent Worley, a Fire Department spokesman, suggested that the situation escalated because of “psychosomatic behavior.”

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I wonder what the trial attorney count will be with this one.